Discovery Channel's 27th annual Shark Week kicked-off last night with Air Jaws: Fins of Fury, the first of 13 new shows airing through Aug. 16, when it all wraps up with Sharksanity (10 p.m.). Shark Week is a big hit with viewers, but is it getting too sensational? George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research in Gainesville, says the Shark Week frenzy is a double-edged sword. "I'm kind of disappointed, and I think most researchers are, too," Burgess said. "It obviously is a big draw, but I'm afraid that the programs have gone more to entertainment and less to documentary over the years."

2. Annual Perseids meteor shower peaks

Look up for shooting stars. The prolific Perseids meteor shower is peaking between Aug. 10 and Aug. 13. Last night, it competed for attention with the Supermoon. This year's show will be muted by the moon as it wanes, but some of the Perseids' brighter meteors should be visible. To find them, look in the constellation Perseus, which is just to the left of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters constellation, in the northeastern portion of the sky.

This long-exposure photograph taken on August 12, 2013, shows people watching for the Perseid meteor shower in the night sky near Rangoon, Burm. The meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through the debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet.(Photo: YE AUNG THU, AFP/Getty Images)

3. Protesters hold rally for slain Missouri teen

A St. Louis suburb erupted in violence Sunday night after a candlelight vigil mourning the fatal shooting Saturday of a black teenager by a Ferguson police officer. Several stores were looted and vehicles vandalized as protesters clashed with police. Police say Michael Brown, 18, was shot after he physically assaulted a police officer and struggled to grab the officer's weapon. Police confirmed Brown was unarmed at the time of the shooting. The St. Louis County NAACP said it has launched an investigation and asked the FBI to intervene. Another protest is planned to begin Monday morning.

A member of the Federal Protective Service asks demonstrators to stay off the steps leading to the Thomas F. Eagleton federal courthouse during a protest in St. Louis. About 100 protesters marched from city hall to the courthouse as they continue to press for broader reforms to local and federal law enforcement following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police. Jeff Roberson, AP

Members of the Tauheed Youth Group pray with demonstrators and members of the 'Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition' during a march near the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo. Larry W. Smith, epa

People pray after marching about a mile to the police station to protest the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting on Aug. 9 by a Ferguson police officer has sparked more than week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. Charlie Riedel, AP

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder shakes hands with Bri Ehsan, 25, following his meeting with students at St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley in Ferguson, Mo. Holder was in Ferguson to oversea the federal government's investigation into the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer on Aug. 9th. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, pool

A citizen peacekeeper tries to keep protesters back as police advance on Aug. 18 in Ferguson, Mo. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer has touched off demonstrations in the St. Louis suburb where police have used riot gear and tear gas against protesters. Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via AP

Attorney Benjamin Crump, left, holds a diagram produced during a second autopsy of shooting victim Michael Brown as forensic pathologist Michael Balden speaks at a news conference Aug. 18 in Ferguson, Mo. The independent autopsy shows Brown was shot at least six times on Aug. 9 by a Ferguson police officer. Jeff Roberson, AP

Tear gas canisters hit the pavement around a woman demonstrating on Aug. 17 against the killing of Michael Brown, 18, by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night since his Aug. 9 death. Scott Olson, Getty Images

Demonstrators speak to Capt. Ronald Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, who was appointed by the governor to take control of security operations in the city of Ferguson. Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, the parents of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown, attend an event for their son at the Greater Grace Church in Ferguson, Mo. The event was lead by the Rev. Al Sharpton in support of justice for Michael Brown. Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Police fire tear gas early Aug. 17 at a crowd of protesters who disobeyed the midnight curfew in Ferguson, Mo. People are protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9. Roberto Rodriguez, european pressphoto agency

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